Familial Benign Intracranial Hypertension and Depression
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 9 (1) , 45-47
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100043626
Abstract
Two sisters developed benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) 2 wk following the resolution of a major depressive episode. The association of BIH and a major affective disorder in genetically related individuals has not been previously reported. Both conditions are associated with disturbances in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Falling corticosteroid levels in a resolving depression may result in impaired CSF absorption and subsequent BIH.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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